The Kingdom of Nettlecombe is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by King Coenwulf with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, zero percent divorce rate, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 19.067 billion Nettlecombers love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bierley. The average income tax rate is 82.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nettlecombean economy, worth a remarkable 2,282 trillion euros a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,704 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go, small patches of desolate land across the world are part of Nettlecombean sovereign territory, hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal, and evasive politicians don't fail to strongly commit to not committing to a course of non-inaction. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nettlecombe's national animal is the Red kangaroo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is pagan.

Nettlecombe is ranked 17,012^th in the world and 3^rd in Vectis for Highest Poor Incomes, with 99,588.32 Standard Monetary Units.